Friday, March 26, 2010

Frozen Four Preview: The 16th Seed Alabama-Huntsville

No, that's not a misprint...

The Alabama-Huntsville Chargers, winners of the College Hockey America Conference Tournament make their second trip to the Frozen Four playoffs in school history this weekend. They get the top-seeded Miami University RedHawks in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Here's a look at their last practice at home...
Thanks to our friends at WAAY-TV/ABC 31 in Huntsville...


The cool part of this story about UAH, although not really cool for UAH, is that they're officially without a conference after this season. Niagara and Robert Morris are leaving the CHA to go to the Atlantic Hockey Conference. Bemidji State is going to the WCHA. Alabama-Huntsville applied to play in the CCHA, but their request was denied for entry.

As a result, the hosts of the 2012 Frozen Four ((in Tampa, not in Huntsville)) and the only Division I hockey program south of the Mason-Dixon Line will be the only Division I independent...

The HQ hopes the 16 upsets a one for a change and sticks it to the man...

Here's a look at their 2007 tourney experience against Notre Dame. For the record, it took two overtimes for the Irish to win...
((HT: DGhostBear))

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